TO: Marijuana policy reform advocates FROM: Alexis Baden-Mayer, MPP national field director DATE: Thursday, July 10, 2003 SUBJECT: Senator Durbin says he'll vote against DEA nominee; encourage your U.S. senators to do the same ====================================================================== President Bush's nominee for DEA administrator, Karen Tandy, has promised to continue the raids on state-approved medical marijuana patients and providers if she is confirmed. Please write to your U.S. senators to tell them, "Don't confirm the raids! Don't confirm Karen Tandy!" Visit http://DontConfirm.org/take_action.html to fax a pre- written letter now. The Marijuana Policy Project's "Don't Confirm the Raids" campaign is gaining momentum. Today, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member, Patrick Leahy (D-VT), all spoke out against Tandy's refusal to stop the DEA raids on state-approved medical marijuana patients and providers. Senator Durbin even said he would vote against Tandy! (Please visit http://DontConfirm.org/durbin.html to see Tandy's answers to Sen. Durbin's questions on medical marijuana, then visit http://DontConfirm.org/senators.html to see a summary of the senators' statements from today's committee hearing.) The full Senate will vote on Tandy's confirmation as early as next week. Visit http://DontConfirm.org/take_action.html now. The entire process only takes two minutes. After you enter your address, you will see links to a selection of sample letters; choose one, edit it if you like, and then fax it to your senators with one final click. Thank you for helping us show the Senate how strong the movement for marijuana policy reform is. The Senate cannot ignore the will of the 80 percent of Americans who oppose the DEA's raids on medical marijuana patients.
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On a much sadder note , Many of us took part in trying to keep AssCroft from his position ,and it did absolutely nothing. It would take probably close to a billion dollars to campaign properly for legalization. And I truthfully do not believe legalization or even decriminalization in America will happen in my lifetime. Perhaps ever. 90% of the population don't even want to know that their government constantly lies to them and manipulates them. Conservatives see you as a liberal ,and liberals see you as something less than human. So goes the two party system. So what if there are new ideas ,they just do not fit the system.